Psalms 80:1
To the chief Musician. On Shoshannim-Eduth. Of Asaph. A Psalm. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that sittest between the cherubim, shine forth.
Psalms 80:2
Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up thy strength, and come to our deliverance.
Psalms 80:3
O God, restore us; and cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
Psalms 80:4
Jehovah, God of hosts, how long will thine anger smoke against the prayer of thy people?
Psalms 80:5
Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure:
Psalms 80:6
Thou hast made us a strife unto our neighbours, and our enemies mock among themselves.
Psalms 80:7
Restore us, O God of hosts; and cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
Psalms 80:8
Thou broughtest a vine out of Egypt; thou didst cast out the nations, and plant it:
Psalms 80:9
Thou preparedst space before it, and it took deep root, and filled the land;
Psalms 80:10
The mountains were covered with its shadow, and the branches thereof were like cedars of *God;
Psalms 80:11
It sent out its boughs unto the sea, and its shoots unto the river.
Psalms 80:12
Why hast thou broken down its fences, so that all who pass by the way do pluck it?
Psalms 80:13
The boar out of the forest doth waste it, and the beast of the field doth feed off it.
Psalms 80:14
O God of hosts, return, we beseech thee; look down from the heavens, and behold, and visit this vine;
Psalms 80:15
Even the stock which thy right hand hath planted, and the young plant thou madest strong for thyself.
Psalms 80:16
It is burned with fire, it is cut down; they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.
Psalms 80:17
Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou hast made strong for thyself.
Psalms 80:18
So will we not go back from thee. Revive us, and we will call upon thy name.
Psalms 80:19
Restore us, O Jehovah, God of hosts; cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.